Eclipse News

Adrian Colyer: Why dm Server Is Moving To Eclipse

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 09:52 by EclipseWeb Web
As JAXenter reported last week, SpringSource have submitted a proposal for dm Server to move to Eclipse.org. The follow-on from the recently released dm Server 2.0 will be developed under the Eclipse Runtime Project. JAXenter caught up with the Chief Technology Officer for SpringSource, Adrian Colyer, to ask him about the project.

EclipseCon 2010 Program and Gold Sponsors Announced

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:16 by EclipseWeb Web

Ottawa, Canada - January 21, 2010 - The technical program and gold sponsors for EclipseCon 2010 have been announced. Cisco, IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP and Sonatype have agreed to be Gold sponsors for the 7th annual Eclipse conference, to be held March 22-25, 2010 in Santa Clara, CA.

SpringSource Moves dm Server to Eclipse

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 16:38 by EclipseWeb Web
VMware's SpringSource division has announced the contribution of its dm Server OSGi-based technology to the Eclipse Foundation to form Project Virgo, an initiative to deliver a module-based Java application server.

dm Server project moves to Eclipse.org

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 16:37 by EclipseWeb Web
Today we will be releasing version 2.0 of the dm server. This represents a major milestone for the project, and for enterprise application development with OSGi in general. I’m delighted to now be able to reveal the next step in the dm Server journey: we have submitted a proposal at Eclipse.org to continue development of the dm Server as part of the Eclipse RT top-level project. The Eclipse nickname for the project is Virgo.

Develop a Facebook application with Eclipse Galileo

Friday, January 8, 2010 - 10:16 by EclipseWeb Web
This article is for any Eclipse developer who wants to learn how to use the mature Web Tools Platform release of Galileo to develop, debug, and deploy a restaurant-search Facebook application. Along the way, you will take advantage of various aspects of the Facebook Application API and the Facebook Connect API.

Eclipse Selected as one of InfoWorld's 2010 Technology of the Year Awards

Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 09:29 by EclipseWeb Web
Eclipse is an open source integrated development environment that has grown into an extensible hosting platform for development tools. Eclipse began life as a Java development tool, but its plug-in architecture has allowed it to provide development environments for languages, including C/C++, PHP, Python/Jython, Ruby, Tcl, JavaScript, and more. This versatility is particularly attractive in areas where software development requires working in multiple languages.

The Economic Case for Open Source Foundations

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 11:16 by EclipseWeb Web
An open source foundation is a group of people and companies that has come together to jointly develop community open source software. Examples include the Apache Software Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation, and the Gnome Foundation.

Pulse 3.0: An Unbreakable Life Cycle Management Tool

Friday, December 18, 2009 - 13:27 by EclipseWeb Web
Genuitec, LLC, a founding and strategic member of the Eclipse Foundation, has announced the immediate availability of Pulse 3.0; the unbreakable, cross-enterprise life cycle management platform. Pulse gives global corporations a less expensive but powerful solution for smarter software delivery across teams and to end-users, leading many enterprise clients to even look at Pulse as a replacement for IBM's Jazz technologies.

Tasktop Integrates ThoughtWorks Studios Mingle with Eclipse Mylyn and Agile ALM

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 09:43 by EclipseWeb Web
Tasktop Technologies, creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leading provider of task management for application lifecycle management (ALM), and ThoughtWorks Studios today announced the availability of the ThoughtWorks Studios Mingle Mylyn Connector. The new offering integrates development activities performed in the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with project management in the new Mingle 3.0. Together, the products help developers easily and accurately track progress while, simultaneously, providing accurate and up-to-date project status visibility for team leads.

Eclipse Marketplace Opens

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 10:15 by EclipseWeb Web
When we first started the project we set out the following goals:
  • Dramatically increase the usability of through improved navigation and graphic design.
  • Make it easier for solution providers to manage their product entries.
  • Provide better linkage between EPIC site and the vendors’ update sites.
  • Host EPIC on a new content management system.
  • Offer benefits to members of the Eclipse Foundation
Marketplace goes a long way to meeting these goals.

SpringSource, Oracle To Back Modular Eclipse Project for Java

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 14:10 by EclipseWeb Web
The momentum behind the OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative)-based modular approach to developing and deploying applications and libraries got some additional horsepower last week when Oracle and SpringSource announced that they would be the first two companies backing a newly proposed Eclipse project.

View the Eclipse In The Large Webinar

Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 15:45 by EclipseWeb Web

IT departments of large enterprises face unique challenges deploying Eclipse to thousands, and even tens of thousands, of their developers. Join us for a webinar that includes speakers from Cisco, Morgan Stanley and eBay about some of the key challenges they face, and steps they have taken to address these issues.

Nominations Open for the Eclipse Community Awards 2010

Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 15:30 by EclipseWeb Web

The Eclipse Community Awards are an annual event designed to show appreciation for contributions that make Eclipse a stronger community. There are three categories of awards - individuals, Eclipse projects and technologies. The Eclipse Foundation is now accepting nominations for the awards, so show your gratitude and nominate a person, Eclipse project or product that has made a difference to you.

Mylyn-Based Task-Management Layer Links Developers to ALM

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 16:41 by EclipseWeb Web
Tasktop Technologies, the company behind the open-source Mylyn framework, has introduced a new version of its namesake product that provides what founder Mik Kersten calls the "missing link" between software development delivery and agile project tracking and management.

World's First Remote Internet Explorer Debugger For Desktop Developers: MyEclipse 8.0

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 16:39 by EclipseWeb Web
Genuitec has announced the release of MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 8.0. The latest release is built on top of the brand new Eclipse Galileo version 3.5.1 and delivers the world's first debugger for Internet Explorer (IE) versions six, seven and eight that can remotely debug deployed applications.

Eclipse Pulsar Gains Momentum with Mobile Industry Leaders

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 15:30 by EclipseWeb Web

New release of Pulsar adds support for Ericsson and Sony Ericsson

CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment - SAN DIEGO, Calif. - October 7, 2009 - The Eclipse Foundation today announced a new release of Eclipse Pulsar, an application development tools platform for mobile developers. The new release extends support to the Ericsson and Sony Ericsson developer communities.